by A.J.(Tony) Powell
Just so you know: Corona Virus Disease = “CO VI D-19″ – Get it?
Q-Who is most at risk?
=Older people with severe/chronic medical conditions including heart disease, lung disease and diabetes.
=Also 80% of Covid deaths were over 65 years with many over 85.
=Overall, most infections were very mild or even no reported symptoms.
Q-Are you at risk?
=Scientists claim that the virus can last for three hours on any surface. Four hours on copper; Twenty-Four hours on cardboard and TWO or THREE DAYS on plastic or stainless steel (Like Your Fridge!). It is also detectable in the air for three hours.
Q-How can you get infected?
=Close contact with people who are sick. Which you inhale.
=Touching an infected surface. Then touching your face – eyes, nose or mouth.
Q-Other precautions
=If you can’t wait for the times mentioned above, then, at least clean and disinfect everything before you touch it using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.
Clean and disinfect:
-Remember that ‘high-touch’ surfaces include phones, remote controls, counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables.
-Household cleaners and disinfectants will work. Clean the area or item with soap and water or another detergent and use a household disinfectant.
-Be sure to follow the instructions on the label. For example, some products say to keep the surface wet for several minutes to ensure that all the ‘germs’ are killed.
-Also wear gloves and make sure you have good ventilation. They say that most EPA-registered household disinfectants will work.
Other Sources of contamination?
Q=How ‘sterile’, do you think UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service are? One worker said, “There’s no cleanliness here at all. No soap, No sanitizer. Nothing.”
-Some grocery stores like WalMart and Target are offering ‘storefront pickup’ by having customers order online, but you still have to handle their bags at the curb.
-Some Infectious Disease Experts recommend leaving delivered packages outside your door for a day if possible.
-But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the chances of getting corona-virus from delivered packages is ‘likely’ very low.
Q-Who is least at risk?
=So far, children, even with COVID-19 confirmed, have mild symptoms. But fever, runny nose, and cough, even vomiting and diarrhea have been reported.
Q-Where did it come from?
=So called “wet markets” in China sell animals for human consumption – Dead and alive!
=In fact, with the rise of industrial-scale farming, animal infections passed on to human has been getting worse for decades.
-Apparently they are called ‘ZOONOSES’ which means diseases which jump from animals to humans.
-Some authorities say that blood-sucking bats are a major participant.
Q-Is this something new?
=Not new at all! Influenza, which hits us every year, has plagued humanity throughout history.
=Like the COVID-19; influenza, infects animals, including poultry and pigs and then jumps over to humans.
Q-What don’t we know?
=The first case of COVID-19 that I found was back in December 2019. Over 12 weeks ago. People who should know the truth, say that it ‘runs-it’s-course’ in 2-3 weeks.
As I See It, the world must now have a ‘Population of Survivors’ who have been ‘uninfected’ for over two months!
Does that mean that, like the ‘flu’, they are now ‘immune?
If that’s true, then we should be releasing them from ‘House-Arrest’, so we’d get started on a recovery sooner, rather than later.
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